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range  (rnj)
n.
1.
a. Extent of perception, knowledge, experience, or ability.
b. The area or sphere in which an activity takes place.
c. The full extent covered: within the range of possibilities.
2.
a. An amount or extent of variation: a wide price range.
b. Music The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing. Also called compass.
3.
a. The maximum extent or distance limiting operation, action, or effectiveness, as of a projectile, aircraft, radio signal, or sound.
b. The maximum distance that can be covered by a vehicle with a specified payload before its fuel supply is exhausted.
c. The distance between a projectile weapon and its target.
4. A place equipped for practice in shooting at targets.
5. Aerospace A testing area at which rockets and missiles are launched and tracked.
6. An extensive area of open land on which livestock wander and graze.
7. The geographic region in which a plant or animal normally lives or grows.
8. The act of wandering or roaming over a large area.
9. Mathematics The set of all values a given function may take on.
10. Statistics The difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution.
11. A class, rank, or order: The candidate had broad support from the lower ranges of the party.
12. Abbr. Ra. An extended group or series, especially a row or chain of mountains.
13. One of a series of double-faced bookcases in a library stack room.
14. Abbr. R A north-south strip of townships, each six miles square, numbered east and west from a specified meridian in a U.S. public land survey.
15. A stove with spaces for cooking a number of things at the same time.
v. ranged, rang·ing, rang·es
v.tr.
1. To arrange or dispose in a particular order, especially in rows or lines.
2. To assign to a particular category; classify.
3. To align (a gun, for example) with a target.
4.
a. To determine the distance of (a target).
b. To be capable of reaching (a maximum distance).
5. To pass over or through (an area or region).
6. To turn (livestock) onto an extensive area of open land for grazing.
7. Nautical To uncoil (an anchor cable) on deck so the anchor may descend easily.
v.intr.
1. To vary within specified limits: ages that ranged from two to five.
2. To extend in a particular direction: a river that ranges to the east.
3. To extend or lie in the same direction: Whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges evenly with mine (Shakespeare).
4. To pass over or through an area or region in or as if in exploration.
5. To wander freely; roam.
6. To live or grow within a particular region.
[Middle English, row, rank, from Old French, from rangier, to put in a row, from rang, reng, line, of Germanic origin; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: range, ambit, compass, orbit, purview, reach, scope, sweep
These nouns denote an area within which something acts, operates, or has power or control: the range of a nuclear missile; the ambit of municipal legislation; information within the compass of the article; countries within the political orbit of a world power; regulations under the governments purview; outside the reach of the law; issues within the scope of an investigation; outside the sweep of federal authority. See Also Synonyms at wander.
range [reɪndʒ]
n
1. the limits within which a person or thing can function effectively the range of vision
2. the limits within which any fluctuation takes place a range of values
3. (Business / Commerce) the total products of a manufacturer, designer, or stockist the new autumn range
4. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)
a.  the maximum effective distance of a projectile fired from a weapon
b.  the distance between a target and a weapon
5. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an area set aside for shooting practice or rocket testing
6. the total distance which a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle is capable of covering without taking on fresh fuel the range of this car is about 160 miles
7. (Physics / General Physics) Physics the distance that a particle of ionizing radiation, such as an electron or proton, can travel through a given medium, esp air, before ceasing to cause ionization
8. (Mathematics) (Philosophy / Logic) Maths Logic
a.  (of a function) the set of values that the function takes for all possible arguments Compare domain [7a]
b.  (of a variable) the set of values that a variable can take
c.  (of a quantifier) the set of values that the variable bound by the quantifier can take
9. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics a measure of dispersion obtained by subtracting the smallest from the largest sample values
10. (Music, other) the extent of pitch difference between the highest and lowest notes of a voice, instrument, etc.
11. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) US and Canadian
a.  an extensive tract of open land on which livestock can graze
b.  (as modifier) range cattle
12. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the geographical region in which a species of plant or animal normally grows or lives
13. a rank, row, or series of items
14. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a series or chain of mountains
15. (Cookery) a large stove with burners and one or more ovens, usually heated by solid fuel
16. the act or process of ranging
17. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a line of sight taken from the sea along two or more navigational aids that mark a navigable channel
18. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) the extension or direction of a survey line, established by marking two or more points
19. (Library Science & Bibliography) a double-faced bookcase, as in a library
(Philosophy)
range of significance Philosophy Logic the set of subjects for which a given predicate is intelligible
vb
1. to establish or be situated in a line, row, or series
2. (tr; often reflexive, foll by with) to put into a specific category; classify she ranges herself with the angels
3. (foll by on) to aim or point (a telescope, gun, etc.) or (of a gun, telescope, etc.) to be pointed or aimed
4. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) to establish the distance of (a target) from (a weapon)
5. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (intr) (of a gun or missile) to have a specified range
6. (when intr, foll by over) to wander about (in) an area; roam (over)
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (intr; foll by over) (of an animal or plant) to live or grow in its normal habitat
8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to put (cattle) to graze on a range
9. (intr) to fluctuate within specific limits their ages range from 18 to 21
10. (intr) to extend or run in a specific direction
11. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) Nautical to coil (an anchor rope or chain) so that it will pay out smoothly
12. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) Nautical (of a vessel) to swing back and forth while at anchor
13. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to make (lines of printers type) level or even at the margin
[from Old French: row, from ranger to position, from renc line]
range  (rnj)
1. The set of all values that a given function may have. Compare domain.
2. The difference between the smallest and largest values in a set of data. If the lowest test score of a group of students is 54 and the highest is 94, the range is 40.


range  /rend/  v. [I] ranged, ranging, ranges 1 to cover a wide area of land, ideas, or products: Cattle range over large pastures.||The professors lecture ranged over 200 years of history.||That companys product line ranges from small televisions to ones with huge screens. 2 to travel, move: The cows range through the field eating grass.
n. 1 an open field, large feeding area for cattle and sheep: A rancher lets his cattle graze on the range near his ranch. 2 sing. a variety of things, ideas, or products: My friend and I talked about a wide range of topics: our families, our jobs, politics, and so on. 3 a stove for cooking: I am boiling the potatoes on the range. 4 sing. the distance that a car, truck, airplane, or missile can travel without running out of fuel: My car has a range of 250 miles (approx. 400 km) before I have to stop for gasoline. 5 the low and high notes that a singer or musical instrument can produce: A piano has a great range, from low to high notes. 6 a group of mountains: The Rockies are a mountain range in the western USA. 7 a place to practice shooting: My sister likes to shoot her gun at the shooting range.

Thesaurus: range v. 1 to occupy, go | encompass | go, run, extend 2 to roam, ramble.
n. 1 a pasture, fields 2 array, spectrum | gamut frml. 4 a limit, reach. range
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